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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Sally Hansen ~ Save the Date, with striped glitter gradient

Sally Hansen Diamond
Strength ~ Save the Date

Deep burgundy with a
beautiful shimmer

My local drugstore had a 2 for 1 Sally Hansen offer recently, and since
they only had one cuticle cream left, I decided that the other thing should be
this pretty nail polish. I swear that this vampy polish winked at me and
tricked me into buying her!

So – the formula was good, and the polish glided on effortlessly. It
took two coats to make it look really pretty. Drying time was pretty average,
but I was watching a movie while I did my nails, so I didn’t mind. I watched
“Jack and the Beanstalk – the real story”, in case anyone’s interested!

Here’s a pic of it in my lightbox:

And there’s a bonus pic for you today, because the sun was actually out!
And behold! This polish looks amazing in the sun:

I’m seriously impressed! I guess that’s why it took me a little while to
figure out what to do with it. I ended up deciding for a glitter gradient over
striping tape. I’ve done that before, and I really like the way it looks, so I
thought why not!

I placed striping tape on my nails, three on each, except for on the
ring finger, which got four. And then I made my glitter gradient with a WIP
polish from Urban Outfitters called “Tinkerbell”. It’s a pink glitter with a
dash of green and yellow glitter in it. I finished my mani with a layer of
Catrice Quick Dry & High Shine top coat.

On this pic, you can see some of the green glitter I mentioned before on
my accent nail.

And here are the two pretties posing for the camera:

I’m so glad that the Sally Hansen is as pretty on the nails as it is in
the bottle, and I still think that all the work with the striping tape is worth
the effort.

What do you think of glitter gradients made over striping tape? Have you
tried it yourself?